Botulism in horses: a case report
Two cases of botulism in horses are described in the article. In the first case two horses died, one survived and recovered after four weeks. Botulotoxin type B was detected using a mouse bioassay in the gastrointestinal content of both dead horses; Clostridium botulinum bacteria were cultivated fro...
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Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2008-12-01
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| author | P. Jahn E. Ludvikova D. Chmelar L. Kalova |
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| description | Two cases of botulism in horses are described in the article. In the first case two horses died, one survived and recovered after four weeks. Botulotoxin type B was detected using a mouse bioassay in the gastrointestinal content of both dead horses; Clostridium botulinum bacteria were cultivated from one of them. In the second case two horses were affected. One of them was euthanized because of persistent recumbency, the second one recovered after six weeks. Detection of botulotoxin in the serum of the dead horse using the mouse bioassay was not successful. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8cb8207eb17749cfb7ec6895ecf7919e2023-02-23T03:49:34ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesVeterinární Medicína0375-84271805-93922008-12-01531268068410.17221/1971-VETMEDvet-200812-0007Botulism in horses: a case reportP. Jahn0E. Ludvikova1D. Chmelar2L. Kalova3Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech RepublicFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech RepublicFaculty of Health Studies, University of Ostrava, Czech RepublicPrivate Practitioner, Napajedla, Czech RepublicTwo cases of botulism in horses are described in the article. In the first case two horses died, one survived and recovered after four weeks. Botulotoxin type B was detected using a mouse bioassay in the gastrointestinal content of both dead horses; Clostridium botulinum bacteria were cultivated from one of them. In the second case two horses were affected. One of them was euthanized because of persistent recumbency, the second one recovered after six weeks. Detection of botulotoxin in the serum of the dead horse using the mouse bioassay was not successful.https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-200812-0007_botulism-in-horses-a-case-report.phpintoxicationclostridium botulinumbotulotoxin |
| spellingShingle | P. Jahn E. Ludvikova D. Chmelar L. Kalova Botulism in horses: a case report Veterinární Medicína intoxication clostridium botulinum botulotoxin |
| title | Botulism in horses: a case report |
| title_full | Botulism in horses: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Botulism in horses: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Botulism in horses: a case report |
| title_short | Botulism in horses: a case report |
| title_sort | botulism in horses a case report |
| topic | intoxication clostridium botulinum botulotoxin |
| url | https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-200812-0007_botulism-in-horses-a-case-report.php |
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